{"id":5077,"date":"2026-11-10T10:11:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T03:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T10:12:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T03:12:43","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Songkran.com is an independent travel guide to Thailand. We bring together places to visit, local food and areas to stay across the country&#8217;s provinces, so that planning a trip \u2013 whether a weekend away from Bangkok or a longer journey north or south \u2013 is simpler and more enjoyable.<\/p>\n<h2>What we cover<\/h2>\n<p>We publish province travel guides, articles about individual destinations, food and neighbourhoods, and practical guides to the Songkran festival, the Thai New Year that gives the site its name. The site started in Thai and we are adding English versions for international visitors who want to get more out of their time in Thailand.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Things to do<\/strong> \u2013 nature, history and culture across Thailand&#8217;s provinces<\/li>\n<li><strong>Food<\/strong> \u2013 regional dishes, markets and food districts worth seeking out<\/li>\n<li><strong>Where to stay<\/strong> \u2013 which areas suit which kind of trip<\/li>\n<li><strong>Festivals<\/strong> \u2013 what the celebrations mean and how to join in respectfully and safely<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How we write<\/h2>\n<p>Every article is written from scratch in our own words; we do not copy content from other websites. Before publishing, we check facts against reliable sources such as government agencies, tourism authorities and the official websites of the places we describe. Details that change often \u2013 opening hours, entrance fees, festival schedules \u2013 are flagged so that readers can confirm them with the official source before they travel.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about our editorial principles and how the site is funded on our <a href=\"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/editorial-policy-disclosure\/\">Editorial Policy and Disclosure<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<h2>Corrections and updates<\/h2>\n<p>Places change, so we review and update our guides over time. If you spot something that is wrong or out of date, please let us know through our <a href=\"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/contact-us\/\">Contact<\/a> page and we will look into it promptly.<\/p>\n<h2>How the site is funded<\/h2>\n<p>Songkran.com is free to read. Running costs are covered by advertising served through Google AdSense. Advertising does not influence which places we write about or what we say about them. For information about cookies and personal data, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>In short<\/h2>\n<p>Our aim is to make travelling in Thailand easier with guides that are clear, checked and genuinely useful. Enjoy your trip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Songkran.com is a Thailand travel guide covering places to visit, local food and areas to stay, written from research and checked facts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5077","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5165,"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5077\/revisions\/5165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/songkran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}